IWS Education Director

Maurizio Broggi IWS, FWS, DipWSET

Meet Maurizio Broggi, Italian Wine Scholar Education Director

Maurizio has a number of super accomplishments and certifications. But what sets him apart is his keen attention to detail, his hunger for perfection and his passion for all that is Italy.

Maurizio Broggi has several years of experience in the wine industry. Since 2009 he worked as sommelier in Italy and as wine consultant for wine shops, restaurants and the various consorzi of Lombardia. In 2011 he left Italy and moved to China where he worked as wine ambassador for a wine distributor based in Hong Kong until 2014.

Maurizio earned the Diploma in Wine and Spirits (with Merit) from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust in 2015. He was awarded the Napa Valley Vintners Scholarship for being one of the WSET Diploma top scorers in North America. In 2013 , he obtained the Wine & Spirits Education Trust Advanced and Intermediate Levels, both with Distinction. He was awarded the Decanter Scholarship for top Advanced Level graduate and the WSET Book Prize for top score in the Intermediate Level.

His wine credentials also include the French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors, Certified Specialist of Wine from the Society of Wine Educators and Certified Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers.

Of Italian Origin

WSET Diploma graduate awarded the 2015 Napa Valley Vintners Scholarship for being one of the top scorers in North America

WSET Advanced Top World Scorer 2013, Level 2 Top Scorer 2013

French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors

AIS, member of Associazione Italiana Sommeliers

Previously Wine Ambassador and Consultant for various Italian Consortia

Also Certified Specialist of Wine (SWE) & Certified Sommelier (CMS)

In the creation and constant improvement of the Italian Wine Scholar program, Maurizio’s talent and expertise enjoy the support of our team for content development, e-learning development, marketing and communication and overall program administration.

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Industry Testimonials

"I have devoured the Italian Wine Scholar manual and found it incredibly well written, precise and comprehensive.

I think it will be a useful and great tool in the hands of many Italian wine lovers and wine professionals across the country that want to learn and understand more about Italy, and its geography, history, culture and definitely wines."

Author of the acclaimed books on Italian wines “Barolo to Valpolicella” and “Brunello to Zibibbo”

"I am impressed by the thoroughness of research that has gone into the Italian Wine Scholar study manual"

Nicolas Belfrage MW

Author of the acclaimed books on Italian wines “Barolo to Valpolicella” and “Brunello to Zibibbo”

"I was very excited to read your first foray into Italy…it did not disappoint.

Once again, you have compiled a wine manual that is truly scholarly. The Italian Wine Scholar manual is comprehensive, complete and very well structured.

Your format of starting with the history, moving to topography and climate, explaining in depth the grape varietals and ending with thorough explanation of the appellations is seamless. You have obviously done your homework and compiled the right scholars to help create this wine manual.

With the online program, the different avenues for learning this information, all available through your course, is truly remarkable. From video with your Italian expert (Maurizio Broggi DWS, FWS), to videos on the book material to going through power point slides, is really fantastic. It permits all students to learn through different teaching techniques. Whether it is maps, video, power point or just reading, this course contains it all."

Corporate Director for Italian Wines for Glazer’s. Author of the award-winning blog “On the Wine Trail in Italy”

"WSG has created an impressive and comprehensive curriculum in the ever-changing and always complicated world of Italian wine"

Alfonso Cevola

Corporate Director for Italian Wines for Glazer’s. Author of the award-winning blog “On the Wine Trail in Italy”

"For the student of wine no country is more challenging to learn than Italy.

The scale of regions, grapes, and styles of wine is overwhelming.

A thoughtful and concise manual like the Wine Scholar Guild’s “Italian Wine Scholar Unit 1” can be an invaluable tool vital to a student’s success in learning about the world’s most diverse wine country."

"...an invaluable tool vital to a student’s success in learning about the world’s most diverse wine country"

Tim Gaiser MS

Renowned wine expert and Master Sommelier

"This book is a must have for anyone seriously interested in getting to grips with Northern Italian wine regions, the main DOCs/DOCGs and most importantly the rich wealth of native grape varieties.

The book is very clearly set out, making this complex subject accessible and easy to read. The layout is simple to follow with brief paragraphs covering each region, its history, climate, soils and sub-zones as well as wine styles, key grape varieties and DOC/DOCGs.

I particularly like the beautifully illustrated regional maps with demarcated DOC/DOCGs at the beginning of each section. Plus the addition of lots of well-chosen photographs of vineyards, landscapes and wine labels helps bring to life the huge depth of technical and factual information this book contains. This is one of the most useful and accessible sources of reference material on Italian wines to be published recently which makes this invaluable for both the wine professional and dedicated enthusiast alike."

"This is a scholarly work that is amazingly approachable and accessible, especially considering its comprehensive, encylopedic nature.

It exhibits an exquisite attention and precision to detail that is extraordinary.

Also rich in historical context fleshed out by informative, fun facts and trivia, it presents an enjoyable journey through the intricate, convoluted maze that is Italian wine."

Len Presutti CWE

Corporate Wine Educator at Martignetti Companies

"a scholarly work that is amazingly approachable and accessible, especially considering its comprehensive, encylopedic nature"

Len Presutti CWE

Corporate Wine Educator at Martignetti Companies

"The first edition of the Italian Wine Scholar Unit 1 study manual is rich in details and a great read"

Chris So

Founder of WINELIST.HK, a wine media, education and consultancy company in Hong Kong

"The first edition of the Italian Wine Scholar Unit 1 study manual is rich in details and a great read"

Chris So

Founder of WINELIST.HK, a wine media, education and consultancy company in Hong Kong

"The manual is superb, and has been very helpful to us. Especially the “Foundation Chapter”. We have used it extensively to better understand the Laws, especially recent changes and the EU impact on these changes.

We are extremely proud to be the importers of several important Italian producers, with new ones coming into the fold almost every month! Gaja, Il Poggione, Anselmi, Berlucchi, Nino Franco, Cusumano, Nonino, Simonit & Sirch, and just recently, Feudi San Gregorio. Angelo and Gaia Gaja have elected to change the nomenclature on several of their labels with the most recent releases, so this information from your extensive and well-put together research has been invaluable in understanding these changes.

The maps, photographs and illustrations are very well done, and help keep the material fresh and fun to read. Italian wine is a complicated topic and your fine work cuts through what could be an overwhelming course of study and makes it very approachable.

Cheers to a fantastic job on this. I sincerely hope we get to meet in person someday so I can thank you directly."

Timothy C. Clark

National Wine Educator at Terlato Wines

“Italian wine is a complicated topic and your fine work cuts through what could be an overwhelming course of study and makes it very approachable”

Timothy C. Clark

National Wine Educator at Terlato Wines

"Thanks to its complex orogenesis, topography and climatic variation, Italy boasts a combination of distinct terroirs and the largest number of indigenous grape varieties—some well-known and established, others lesser-known and even endangered.

Through the comprehensive Italian Wine Scholar manuals, the student of Italian wine is able to dive deeply into the diverse world of the wines of Italy and appreciate how the vine is intrinsically part of the Italian landscape and deeply rooted in Italian culture."

Gianmaria Trenti

Winemaker at Edmund Mach Foundation in Trentino

"Through the comprehensive IWS manuals, the student of Italian wine is able to dive deeply into the diverse world of the wines of Italy"